Twitter loses its mind as Roger Federer loses to Tommy Haas in Stuttgart

The world waited with bated breath when Roger Federer took the grass court for the first time in 352 days, being up against his old friend Tommy Haas. After a 10 week long absence from the tour, Federer returned to Stuttgart fairly rejuvenated and raring to conquer his favourite surface, but reality struck him when Tommy Haas romped to a 2-6, 7-6, 6-4 win against Federer.

Federer’s chosen hiatus from the game was supposed to make him ready for the 2nd half of the season, but what it has essentially done is that it has made him devoid of some much needed much practice, something that was very evident from his rustiness in the first set.

Federer still managed to take the first set, but it was evident from his ground strokes that the second set would be a tight affair. Haas took the second set in a tough tie break and then was able to wrap up the match in a fairly one sided decider.

Haas would take great heart from this win and Federer would love the fact that the loss cam this early to him, as he would now be able to work on his game a little more to sort out his grass court game.

This is how Twitter reacted to Federer’s loss:

Just for the confirmations, when I talked about the epic second half to the season, I meant after Stuttgart

— Not Roger Federer (Parody) (@PseudoFed) June 14, 2017

Federer in 2017:
7-0 vs Top-10 players
11-0 vs Top-20 players
15-0 vs Top-50 players
17-0 vs Top-115 players
2-2 vs players outside Top-115

— Oleg S. (@AnnaK_4ever) June 14, 2017

Federer with 83% first serves in. He probably won't lose any set with that stat… ever.

— José Morgado (@josemorgado) June 14, 2017

So Federer had match points in every match he played this season.

— José Morgado (@josemorgado) June 14, 2017

After loss to Haas, Roger Federer is 19-2 in 2017. In both losses, he:
–had a match point
–won more points
–won higher % of return points

— Carl Bialik (@CarlBialik) June 14, 2017

Haas a better player than ranking of 302.. but that's Federer's worst defeat by ranking since losing to No 407 Bjorn Phau at Washington 1999

— Stuart Fraser (@stu_fraser) June 14, 2017